hosing

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhoʊzɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ

Etymology 1

From hose +‎ -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

hosing

  1. present participle of hose

Etymology 2

From hose +‎ -ing (gerund ending).

Noun

hosing (plural hosings)

  1. A spraying or washing with a hose.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hosinge, hosiinge, hosiynge, equivalent to hose +‎ -ing.

Noun

hosing

  1. (archaic) Material used for making hosiery.
    • 1850, Daniel Drake, A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America:
      Their hosing, also, in the middle and northern parts of the Valley, is quite insufficient; being generally of cotton or silk […]

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